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Brighton and Hove City Council is to scrap a £1.3 million three-year contract to provide youth services to some of the most vulnerable young people in the area. The funding – about £450,000 a year – is currently paid to eleven voluntary organisations, including eight that work...

The big fall in planning application delays is partly the result of a loophole, according to a Hove councillor. And the loophole is hiding continuing late decisions. Robert Nemeth said that new figures showed a 3,000 per cent increase in the number of planning applications which...